o.did.45
Εὐκύλισθρος μονομάχος Σαραπίωνι τεσσεραρίῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. γινώσκειν σε θέλω […] […] κομψῶς […] […]οκαιτ…[…] […]ενομ[…] […]υκ[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144611
Letter from Eukylisthros the monomachos to Sarapion the tesserarius TM 144611DidymoiAnfang III
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Beginning of a letter on an ostracon from Eukylisthros, described as a monomachos (single combatant, perhaps a gladiator or hunter), to Sarapion, a tesserarius (junior military officer). Only the greeting and a few words survive; it comes from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, early 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Eukylisthros, gladiator (?), to Sarapion, tesserarius, very many greetings.
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Monomachos literally means 'single combatant'; at Didymoi it may denote a gladiator or a hunter of wild animals rather than an arena fighter. A tesserarius was a soldier who received and passed on the daily watchword.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deux lettre du monomachos Eukylistros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.